Weather-strip



UNITED STATES GREEN LAFAYETTE FOVLER PATnNT @Finca OF CLAR-KSBURG, MISSOURI.

WEATHER-craie SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 325,597, dated September 1` 1885.

Application died July 23, 1S. 5.

Z0 aZZ whom it may concern.:

Be it known that I, G. L. FowLER, of Clarksburg, in the county of Moniteau and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Teather-Strips; and I do hereby declare that the .following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, and in which-e Figure 1 is a perspective view of the lower portion of a door provided with my improved weather-strip, showing the springs and triggers in dotted lines. Figs. 2 and 3 are vertical sectional views on lines .c rc and y y, Fig. l; and Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view on line a rr, Fig. l, showing the strip raised by the springs.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

My invention has relation to that class of weather strips or doors in which a. plate or strip of met-al is placed in an inclined position,1'esting with one edge in a suitable recess in the front of the door and with its lower edge against the door, and it consists in the improved construction and combination or' parts of the same, as hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A indicates the door, which has a transverse groove, B, a short distance above its lower edge.

A strip, C, of sheet metal, having its upper edge bent out to form a iiange, D, is secured in this groove, the ange projecting slightly outside of the surface of the door.

E is the weatherstrip, which is preferably of metal, although wood may be used; and this strip is secured to the door by means of springs F and G G, the spring F being secured near its upper edge, while the springs G are secured near its lower edge, all of which springs are secured at their upper ends in downwardly-inclined perforations H in the door, the springs having a tendency to draw the weatherstrip upward.

A handle, l, is pivoted at its lower end to the weather-strip, near the lower edge of the (No model.)

same, and passes up through an inclined perforation, K, in the door, and a trigger, J, is pivoted in a perforation, L, in the door, bearing with its lower end, which projects through the front side of the door,against the weatherstrip near its upper edge.

The weather-strip is of a width somewhat greater than the distance from the ila-nge of the metallic strip to the door-sill, so that when the upper edge of the weather strip rests within the groove bea-ring against the said iiange and the lower edge bears against the door-sill the weatherstrip will stand oblique, preventing any rain from entering under the lower edge of the door; and it will be seen that the weather-strip may be forced out at its lower edge, so as to place it in position,by means of the handle, the springs drawing its upper edge into the groove and under the flange, and by drawing inward upon the trigger the upper edge of the weather-strip will be forced out of the groove and thc springs will draw it up so that its lower edge will be level with the lower edge of the door, allowing the door to be opened or closed. In this manner it will be seen that the strip may be manipulated from the inside of the door, and that in case of a rain the strip may be placed in position without the necessity of opening the door, and that the strip may be released again after the rain has stopped or when the door is to be opened by means of the trigger.

I-Iaving thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States l. The combination of a door having a trans` verse groove near its lower edge, a strip or plate of a width greater than the distance from the groove in the door to the floor, springs secured to the door and to the strip or plate, drawing it upward, and means for forcing the lower edge of the strip outward, as and for the purpose shown and set forth.

2. The combination of a door havingatransverse groove near its lower edge, and having inclined perforations in the space between the groove and the lower edge, a metallic strip secured in the groove and having its upper edge bent out to form a projecting flange, a plate or strip of a width greater than the distance'i'rom the groove in the door to the door,

springs secured in the inclined perforations In testimony that I claim the foregoing as in the door and to the plate or strip at their my own I have hereunto afxed my signature lower ends, near the upper and lower edges in presence of two witnesses.

of the said strip or plate, n lever passing through an inclined perforation in the door GREEN LAFAYETTE FOVLER. and pivoted to the strip or plate near its lower edge, and zt trigger pivoted in :i perforation Vitneeses:

in the door and bearing with its lower end B. N. BYBEE,

against the strip or plate near its upper odge, J. XV. HILL.

1o as and for the purpose shown and set forth. 

